‘poisonous, filthy, loathsome, damnable stuff’: The rhetorical ecology of vaccination concern

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 403-416

  Hausman, Bernice L ^a   Ghebremichael, Mecal ^b   Hayek, Philip ^a   Mack, Erin ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Rhetorical ecology; Smallpox; Vaccination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; HISTORY; PUBLIC OPINION; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84930065764     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: 15514056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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